ISPIM Grand Prize 2017 - we have a winner!
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has been announced as the winner of the ISPIM Grand Prize 2017 for Excellence in Innovation Management, with the Fraunhofer Institute coming in a close second. The competition recognizes excellence in various areas of innovation management, with the finalists including HPE, Fraunhofer, GE, and IBM. HPE was recognized for its Living Process Challenge, which combines crowdsourcing and technology to achieve social and environmental benefits, engaging over 450 HPE volunteers across 17 countries with over 100 NGOs. Fraunhofer was honored for its JOSEPHS program, an off-line co-creation and innovation program focused on a workspace in the center of Nürnberg, Germany.